Apparatus, system and method for holding an item

ABSTRACT

An accessory holder, a system and a method holds and/or stores an accessory, such as, a doser for medicine, with a bottle. The accessory holder is attachable to a bottle, such as, for example, a medicine bottle. The accessory holder has a container segment to receive the accessory. The container segment holds and/or stores the accessory with the bottle such that the accessory is prevented from being separated, lost and/or contaminated while not in use.

This application claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) of U.S.Provisional Application No. 61/662,153, filed Jun. 20, 2012.

BACKGROUND

The present invention generally relates to an apparatus, a system and amethod for holding an item. More specifically, the present inventionrelates to an accessory holder, a system and a method for holding and/orstoring an accessory that may be used in conjugation with a bottle, suchas, for example, a doser, a pipette, an eyedropper, a paintbrush, apaint stirrer, a paint scraper, a spoon, a fork, a knife, a pair ofchopsticks, a straw, a skewer, a stirrer, a baster, a measuring spoon, atoothbrush, a dental tool, a cosmetic product applicator, a sponge, ascrubber and/or a cleaning supply product applicator. The accessoryholder, the system and the method is attachable to a bottle such as, forexample, a medicine bottle, a solvent bottle, a beaker, a paint can orbottle, a cup, a glass, a bowl, a coffee mug, a food carton, a drinkbottle, a tube of toothpaste, a mouthwash bottle, a rinse cup, acosmetic product bottle, and/or a cleaning supply bottle. The accessoryholder may have a container segment accessible through an opening andsized to hold and/or store one or more bottle accessories. Further, theaccessory holder may be manufactured from a flexible material. Moreover,the accessory holder may be disposable.

It is generally known that a doser is used to measure and/or dose avolume of a liquid medicine and/or a vitamin to a child, an adult and/oran animal. Often, the liquid medicine and/or vitamin is contained withina bottle, and the doser is used to draw the liquid medicine and/orvitamin from the bottle. The drawn medicine and/or vitamin may then beadministered to the child, adult or animal.

As a result, for the simplified measuring and/or dosing of the medicineand/or vitamin, a user often stores the doser near the medicine bottle,such as, for example, inside a medicine drawer or a cabinet. However, asthe doser is often placed separately from the medicine bottle, the doseris often lost or misplaced. Further, the doser may become fouled and/orcontaminated if placed on a non-sterile surface, such as, for example, atable, a cabinet, a drawer or a countertop. As a consequence, the usermust purchase multiple dosers in anticipation of a lost and/orcontaminated doser. This creates added cost, waste and/or inconvenience.

This inherent issue of a lost and/or fouled bottle accessory is a commonproblem faced by users of many types of bottle accessories. Examples mayinclude an eating or cooking utensil such as, for example, a spoon, afork, a knife, a pair of chopsticks, a straw, a skewer, a stirrer, abaster, and/or a measuring spoon used to consume, stir, measure and/ordispense food or ingredients within a drinking cup, a bowl, a coffeemug, a food carton, and/or a drink bottle. Other examples may include atoothbrush or a dental tool used to apply toothpaste or used with amouthwash or a rinse cup. Other household examples may include acosmetic product applicator used to apply a cosmetic product and/or asponge, a scrubber, and/or an applicator used to apply a cleaningsolvent or chemical are often misplaced. Further examples may include apaintbrush, a paint stirrer and/or a paint scraper used to apply, stiror manipulate paint within a paint can or a bottle are often dirtiedand/or fouled.

A need, therefore, exists for an accessory holder, a system and a methodfor holding and/or storing a bottle accessory, such as, for example, adoser, with a bottle, such as, for example, a medicine bottle. Further,a need exists for an accessory holder, a system and a method for holdingand/or storing a bottle accessory with a bottle wherein the accessoryholder has a container segment having a volume sized to receive a bottleaccessory, such as, for example, a doser. Further, a need exists for anaccessory holder, a system and a method for holding and/or storing abottle accessory with a bottle wherein the accessory holder isattachable to the medicine bottle. Further, a need exists for anaccessory holder, a system and a method for holding and/or storing abottle accessory with a bottle wherein the accessory holder isdisposable.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention generally relates to an accessory holder, a systemand a method for holding and/or storing a bottle accessory with abottle. More specifically, the present invention relates to an accessoryholder, a system and a method for holding and/or storing a bottleaccessory, such as, for example, a doser, a pipette, an eyedropper, apaintbrush, a paint stirrer, a paint scraper, a spoon, a fork, a knife,a pair of chopsticks, a straw, a skewer, a stirrer, a baster, ameasuring spoon, a toothbrush, a dental tool, a cosmetic productapplicator, a sponge, a scrubber and/or a cleaning supply productapplicator with a bottle or a container. The bottle may be, for example,a medicine bottle, a solvent bottle, a beaker, a paint can or bottle, acup, a glass, a bowl, a coffee mug, a food carton, a drink bottle, atube of toothpaste, a mouthwash bottle, a rinse cup, a cosmetic productbottle, and/or a cleaning supply product bottle. Further, the accessoryholder may have a container segment with a volume wherein the volume maybe accessible through an opening. The container segment may be sized tohold and store one or more bottle accessories. Even further, theaccessory holder may be attached to the bottle. Still further, theaccessory holder may be manufactured from a flexible material, such as,for example, polypropylene and/or polyethylene. Moreover, the accessoryholder may be disposable.

In an embodiment, the accessory holder may have a fastening member withan opening for attaching the accessory holder around a neck of thebottle. The fastening member may have inwardly extending flexibleretaining tabs wherein the retaining tabs fasten the accessory holder tothe bottle. Further, the retaining tabs may be flexible such that theaccessory holder may fit bottle necks of varied shapes and/or sizes.

In an embodiment, the accessory holder may have an adhesive member, suchas, for example, adhesive tape, liquid adhesive or any other type ofadhesive member, for attaching the accessory holder to a bottle or acontainer.

It is, therefore, an advantage of the present invention to provide anaccessory holder, a system and a method for holding and/or storing abottle accessory with a bottle or a container.

Another advantage of the present invention is to provide an accessoryholder, a system and a method for holding and/or storing a bottleaccessory with a bottle or a container, such as, for example, a medicinebottle, a solvent bottle, a beaker, a paint can or bottle, a cup, aglass, a bowl, a coffee mug, a food carton, a drink bottle, a tube oftoothpaste, a mouthwash bottle, a rinse cup, a cosmetic product bottle,and/or a cleaning supply bottle.

And, another advantage of the present invention to provide an accessoryholder, a system and a method for holding and/or storing a bottleaccessory with a bottle or a container that is attachable to the bottleor the container.

Yet another advantage of the present invention is to provide anaccessory holder, a system and a method for holding and/or storing abottle accessory, such as, for example, a doser, a pipette, aneyedropper, a paintbrush, a paint stirrer, a paint scraper, a spoon, afork, a knife, a pair of chopsticks, a straw, a skewer, a stirrer, abaster, a measuring spoon, a toothbrush, a dental tool, a cosmeticproduct applicator, a sponge, a scrubber and/or a cleaning supplyproduct applicator with a bottle or a container.

And, another advantage of the present invention is to provide anaccessory holder, a system and a method for holding and/or storing abottle accessory with a bottle or a container to prevent the bottleaccessory from being lost or misplaced.

A further advantage of the present invention is to provide an accessoryholder, a system and a method for holding and/or storing a bottleaccessory with a bottle or a container to prevent the bottle accessoryfrom being fouled or contaminated.

An even further advantage of the present invention is to provide anaccessory holder, a system and a method for holding and/or storing abottle accessory that is formed from a flexible material.

A still further advantage of the present invention is to provide anaccessory holder, a system and a method for holding and/or storing abottle accessory that is disposable.

Additional features and advantages of the present invention aredescribed in, and will be apparent from, the detailed description of thepresently preferred embodiments and from the drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 illustrates a front perspective view of an accessory holder forholding and/or storing a bottle accessory in an embodiment of thepresent invention.

FIG. 2 illustrates a side view of an accessory holder for holding and/orstoring a bottle accessory in an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 illustrates a top view of an accessory holder for holding and/orstoring a bottle accessory in an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 illustrates a front perspective view of an accessory holder forholding and/or storing a bottle accessory in an embodiment of thepresent invention.

FIG. 5 illustrates a rear perspective view of an accessory holder forholding and/or storing a bottle accessory in an embodiment of thepresent invention.

FIG. 6 illustrates a front perspective view of an accessory holder forholding and/or storing a bottle accessory in a second embodiment of thepresent invention.

FIG. 7 illustrates a side view of an accessory holder for holding and/orstoring a bottle accessory in an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 illustrates a rear perspective view of an accessory holder forholding and/or storing a bottle accessory in an embodiment of thepresent invention.

FIG. 9 illustrates a top view of an accessory holder for holding and/orstoring a bottle accessory in an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 illustrates a front view of an accessory holder for holdingand/or storing a bottle accessory in an embodiment of the presentinvention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The present invention generally relates to an accessory holder, a systemand a method for holding and/or storing a bottle accessory with abottle. More specifically, the present invention relates to an accessoryholder, a system and a method for holding and/or storing a bottleaccessory, such as, for example, a doser, a pipette and/or an eyedropperwith a bottle. The bottle may be, for example, a medicine bottle, asolvent bottle, or a beaker.

Referring now to the drawings wherein like numerals refer to like parts,FIGS. 1-5 generally illustrate a medicine bottle 2 and a doser holder 10for holding and/or for storing a doser 60. The doser 60 may be aconventional oral-type doser. The medicine bottle 2 may be aconventional medicine bottle having a cap 4, a neck portion 6 and asidewall 8. With a conventional medicine bottle, the neck portion 6 maybe generally cylindrical with a circular cross-section. It should beunderstood, however, that the invention is not limited to bottles withcylindrical neck portions and may include neck portions of variedshapes.

Further, with conventional medicine bottles, the sidewall 8 may have arectangularly oval cross-section wherein opposing longer edges arestraight and disposed adjacent to shorter rounded edges. Therectangularly oval cross-section of sidewall 8 provides a generallyflat, planar and vertical surface along the width of the medicine bottle2. However, the invention is not limited to bottles with rectangularlyoval cross-sections. The invention may include medicine bottles and/orsidewalls of varied cross-sectional shapes, contours and/or profiles,such as cylindrical, cylindrical tapered, triangular and/or any otherbottle shape as is known to one having ordinary skill in the art.

As illustrated in FIGS. 1-5, the doser holder 10 has a fastening member30 and a container segment 40. The doser holder 10 may be manufacturedfrom a material. The fastening member 30 and container segment 40 may bean integrally molded unitary piece. Various types of materials may beused to manufacture the doser holder 10. Suitable examples may include,but are not limited to, polypropylene and/or polyethylene.

The doser holder 10 may be attached to the medicine bottle 2 by thefastening member 30. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the fastening member 30may have an opening 32. To attach the doser holder 10 to the medicinebottle 2, the top of the medicine bottle 2 may be drawn through theopening 32 until the fastening member 30 is disposed around the neckportion 6, as illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2. Similarly, the doser holder10 may be detached by removing the top of the medicine bottle 2 from theopening 32 until the doser holder 10 is completely separated from themedicine bottle 2. As will be discussed in greater detail hereinafter,the doser holder 10 may be fastened to or removed from the medicinebottle 2 with or without the cap 4 removed.

In the preferred embodiment, the opening 32 may be circular to match theshape of the cylindrical cross-section of the neck portion 6. Inaddition, the opening 32 may be substantially the same diameter as theneck portion 6. However, the size and/or shape of the opening 32 mayvary to fit bottles having necks of different shapes and/or sizes.Similarly, the opening 32 may be positioned such that the center and/ormiddle of opening 32 may be offset from the center and/or middle offastening member 30. In varying the position of the opening 32 withrespect to the center and/or middle of fastening member 30, thecontainer segment 40 may be positioned adjacent any portion of thesidewall 8.

As illustrated in FIGS. 3-5, the opening 32 may have flexible retainingtabs 34 that may extend radially inward from an inner edge of theopening 32. The retaining tabs 34 may allow the fastening member 30 tobe attached to the neck portion 6 such that the doser holder 10 may beretained on the medicine bottle 2. Depending upon the size and/or thediameter of the opening 32 relative to the neck portion 6, the retainingtabs 34 may be loosely or firmly fastened to the neck portion 6. If thediameter of the opening 32 is smaller than the diameter of thecross-section of the neck portion 6, the retaining tabs 34 may twist,stretch and/or bend to elastically conform to the size, shape and/orcontours of the neck portion 6. As a result, the doser holder 10 may besnuggly attached to the medicine bottle 2. Conversely, if the diameterof the opening 32 is larger than the diameter of the cross-section ofthe neck portion 6, the doser holder 10 may be loosely fitted to themedicine bottle 2.

Additionally, in the preferred embodiment, the flexibility of theretaining tabs 34 may allow the doser holder 10 to be fastened to orunfastened from the medicine bottle 2 regardless of whether the cap 4 isinstalled. The retaining tabs 34 may twist, stretch and/or bend to allowthe cap 4 to pass through the opening 32 without tearing and/orelastically deforming the doser holder 10. To provide flexibility,durability and/or strength, the thickness of the material may be in arange from about 0.6 mm to about 2.3 millimeters. Further, the thicknessof the material for the fastening member 30 and the retaining tabs 34may differ from the thickness of the container member 34. The materialfor the container member 34 may be thicker for strength and/ordurability. The material for the fastening member 30 and the retainingtabs 34 may be thinner for flexibility.

The flexibility of the retaining tabs 34 may vary according to the size,the shape and/or the number of the retaining tabs 34. For example, theretaining tabs 34 may be lengthened and/or narrowed to increaseflexibility. The increased flexibility provided by long and narrowretaining tabs may be useful when fitted to bottles with caps havinglarge diameter cross-sections. Further, although eight retaining tabsare shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the number of the retaining tabs 34 may beincreased or decreased to provide the desired amount of flexibility.Even further, each retaining tab 34 may be asymmetrical in size and/orshape from an adjacent retaining tab. It should be understood to onehaving ordinary skill in the art that the size, the shape and/or thenumber of the retaining tabs 34 may be adjusted to provide the desiredflexibility.

As shown in FIGS. 2-5, the container segment 40 is attached to thefastening member 30 by a bend 36. When mounted to the medicine bottle 2,the bend 36 may allow the container segment 40 to hang from thefastening member 30. In FIG. 2, the bend 36 is shown at generally 90degrees such that the container segment 40 may rest against the sidewall8 and may remain substantially vertical. However, the flexibility of thematerial may also allow the angle of the bend 36 to vary according tothe diameter and/or size of the sidewall 8 such that the containersegment 40 may rest against the sidewall of a bottle with a smallerdiameter or a larger diameter. Further, although the container segment40 is shown to rest against the sidewall 8, the container segment 40 maybe suspended such that the inner wall 42 does not contact the sidewall8.

The container segment 40 may have a volume defined by an inner wall 42,a bottom wall 44 and an outer wall 46. The inner wall 42 may have alength defined between a lower inside edge 50 and the bend 36 and awidth defined between outer edges 52, 54. The bottom wall may have alength defined by a lower outside edge 56 and a width defined betweenthe lower inside edge 50 and the lower outside edge 56. The outer wall46 may have a length defined between the lower outside edge 56 and anupper outside edge 58 and a width defined between the outer edges 52,54. The container segment 40 may be sized to accept and/or hold an oraldoser. In the preferred embodiment, the container segment 40 may measureapproximately 2.25 inches in height, approximately 1.25 inches in widthand approximately 0.625 inches in depth. The present invention is notlimited to a specific volume, height, width, and/or depth of thecontainer segment 40.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the inner wall 42 and/or the lower insideedge 50 may be substantially similar in shape and contour such that thecontainer segment 40 may rest against the sidewall 8. For example,similar to the flat, planar, and/or vertical surface of the sidewall 8,the inner wall 42 and/or the lower inside edge 50 may also be flat,planar and/or straight so that the container segment 40 may rest againstthe sidewall 8 when the doser holder 20 is mounted to the medicinebottle 2. Additionally, the inner wall 42 and/or the lower inside edge50 may be concave, convex and/or any shape so as to substantiallyconform to a bottle with cylindrical, round tapered and/or any othersidewall shape as is known to one having ordinary skill in the art.

As illustrated in FIGS. 2 and 5, the bottom wall 44 may be a generallyflat plane. However, the bottom wall 44 may have a concave, convexand/or contoured surface such that the bottom wall 44 may besubstantially similar in shape to the doser 60. Additionally, the shapeof the bottom wall 44 may aid in the positioning of the doser 60 withinthe container segment 20. Further, the bottom wall 44 may also haveholes or slots (not shown) to allow fluids to drain thereby preventingpooling within the bottom of the container segment 10.

In the preferred embodiment, the outer wall 46 may be generallysemi-circular in shape. As shown in FIG. 1, the container segment 40narrows at the outer edges 52, 54 due to the semi-circular shape of theouter wall 46. As such, the semi-circular shape may allow the doser 60to be seated within the center of the container segment 40 in agenerally vertical position. Retaining the doser 60 in a generallyvertical position may reduce the likelihood for the medicine bottle 2 totip when the doser 60 is stored within the container segment 40.However, the present invention is not limited to a specific shape orembodiment of the outer wall 46. One having ordinary skill in the artwill understand that the outer wall 46 may have any shape or contoursuch that the container segment 40 may hold and/or store the doser 60.

As illustrated in FIG. 2, the container segment 40 may have an angledopening 48 defined by the upper outside edge 58 of the outer wall 46 andthe bend 36. The angled opening 48 may provide a wider opening and/orangled opening through which the user may insert the doser 60 into thecontainer segment 40. It should be known to one having ordinary skill inthe art that the angled opening 48 may be any angle, shape and/orcontour so as to allow the doser 60 to be held and stored in thecontainer segment 40.

After the doser holder 10 is fastened to the medicine bottle 2, thedoser 60 may be placed within the container segment 40 and, the medicinebottle 2 and the doser 60 may be stored when not in use. After thecompletion of the medicine dosing and/or the vitamin dosing, the doserholder 10 may be removed from the medicine bottle 2.

FIGS. 6-10 illustrate an alternative embodiment of the presentinvention. This embodiment differs from the embodiment of FIG. 1 whereina doser holder 20 may be fastened to a sidewall 18 of a medicine bottle12 by an adhesive member 92. In the preferred embodiment, the adhesivemember 92 may be a double-sided adhesive tape having a front adhesivesurface 96 and a back adhesive surface 98. The front adhesive surface 96may be attached to a container segment 70 and the back adhesive surface98 may be attached to an adhesive release strip 94. The adhesive releasestrip 94 may be removed to expose the back adhesive surface 98 such thatthe doser holder 20 may be fastened to the sidewall 18. Additionally,various types of adhesive members may be used, such as, for example,other types of adhesive tape, liquid adhesive or any other type ofadhesive members as is known to one having ordinary skill in the art.

In this embodiment, the medicine bottle 12 may be oval-shaped incross-section such that the sidewall 18 is round along the periphery ofthe bottle. However, the invention is not limited to only oval-shapedbottles. The invention may include bottles and/or sidewalls of variedshapes, contours and/or profiles such as cylindrical, rectangularlyoval, cylindrical tapered and/or any other bottle shape as is known toone having ordinary skill in the art.

As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the container segment 70 may have a volumedefined by an inner wall 72, a bottom wall 74 and an outer wall 76. Theinner wall 72 may have a length defined between a lower inside edge 80and an upper inside edge 90 and a width defined between outer edges 82,84. The bottom wall may have a length defined by a lower outside edge 86and a width defined between the lower inside edge 80 and the loweroutside edge 86. The outer wall 76 may have a length defined between thelower outside edge 86 and an upper outside edge 88 and a width definedbetween the outer edges 82, 84.

The container segment 70 may have an angled opening 78 defined by theupper outside edge 88 of the outer wall 46 and the upper inside edge 90.The container segment 70 may be sized to accept and/or to hold an oraldoser. In the preferred embodiment, the container segment 70 may measureapproximately 2.25 inches in height, approximately 1.25 inches in widthand approximately 0.625 inches in depth. The present invention is notlimited to a specific volume, height, width and/or depth of thecontainer segment 70.

The inner wall 72 may have a concave surface such that the inner wall 72is substantially similar in shape and/or contour to the rounded sidewall18 of the medicine bottle 12. When fastening the concave-shapedcontainer segment 20 to the rounded sidewall 18, in contrast to a flatplanar surface, the concave surface of the inner wall 72 maysubstantially match the rounded sidewall 18 to provide a greater surfacearea with which the adhesive member 92 may be bonded. The increasedsurface area may improve the fastening strength of the adhesive member92 to ensure that the doser holder 20 may remain firmly attached to themedicine bottle 12 while holding the doser 60.

Further, the flexibility provided by the material may allow the innerwall 72 to conform to the curvature and/or the shape of the sidewall 18.Although the container segment 70 with a substantially inflexible innerwall 72 may initially conform to the curvature of the sidewall 18, thecontainer segment 70 may revert to its natural shape and pull the innerwall 72 from the sidewall 18. After separation, the decrease in bondedsurface area may result in an insufficient adhesion force between thecontainer segment 70 and the sidewall 18 which may reduce the holdingstrength of the adhesive member 92. However, with the flexibility of thecontainer segment 70 and the adhesive strength between the inner wall 72and the sidewall 18, the doser holder 20 may remain firmly attached tothe bottle 12 while holding and/or storing the doser 60. To provideflexibility, durability and/or strength, the thickness of the materialof container segment 70 may be in a range from about 0.6 mm to about 2.3millimeters.

In a preferred embodiment, the thickness of the material for the innerwall 72 may differ from the thickness of both the bottom wall 74 and theouter wall 76. The bottom wall 74 and the outer wall 76 may be thickerto provide strength and durability while the inner wall 72 may bethinner to provide flexibility and ensure that the container segment 70may conform to the sidewall 18. The thickness of the material for theinner wall 72 may be in a range from about 0.6 mm to about 2.3millimeters. The thicknesses of the bottom wall 74 and/or the outer wall76 may be in a range from about 0.6 mm to about 2.3 millimeters. Inaddition, the inner wall 72 may have folds, bends, creases slots, and/orholes (not shown) so as to further increase the flexibility of thecontainer segment 70.

The accessory holder of the present invention may be sold or otherwiseavailable individually as an after market product for bottles and/orcontainers. It may also be sold and/or available as an accessory with adoser, a pipette, an eyedropper, a paintbrush, a paint stirrer, a paintscraper, a spoon, a fork, a knife, a pair of chopsticks, a straw, askewer, a stirrer, a baster, a measuring spoon, a cosmetic productapplicator, a sponge and/or a cleaning product applicator, a medicinebottle, a solvent bottle, a beaker, a paint can or bottle, a cup, aglass, a bowl, a coffee mug, a food carton, a drink bottle, a tube oftoothpaste, a mouthwash bottle, a rinse cup, a cosmetic product bottle,and/or a cleaning supply bottle. Further, the accessory holder of thepresent invention may be available in different exterior colors, surfacetextures, and/or distinguishing indicators so that a user may recognizeand/or distinguish between bottles and/or containers.

Various changes and modifications to the presently preferred embodimentsdescribed herein will be apparent to those skilled in the art. Suchchanges and modifications may be made without departing from the spiritand scope of the present invention and without diminishing its attendantadvantages. It is, therefore, intended that such changes andmodifications be covered by the appended claims.

1. An accessory holder used in conjunction with a bottle having a neckand a sidewall, the apparatus comprising: a container segment having aninner volume defined by an inner wall, a bottom wall and an outer wallwherein the inner wall and the outer wall define a container openingopposite the bottom wall and further wherein the outer wall is convexand extends outwardly from the inner volume of the container segment; afastening member having an outer edge, an inner edge and a plurality offlexible tabs attached to the inner edge of the fastening memberextending inwardly to form a fastener opening; and a bend connecting theinner wall of the container segment and the outer edge of the fasteningmember wherein the bend has an angle between the fastening member andthe inner wall of the container segment.
 2. The accessory holder ofclaim 1 wherein the angle of the bend is 90 degrees.
 3. The accessoryholder of claim 1 a wherein the fastening member has a fasteningthickness and the plurality of flexible tabs have a tab thicknesswherein the fastening thickness is greater than the tab thickness. 4.The accessory holder of claim 1 wherein the inner wall is flat.
 5. Theaccessory holder of claim 1 wherein the inner wall is concave andextends inwardly into the inner volume of the container segment.
 6. Theaccessory holder of claim 1 wherein the bottom wall is convex andextends outwardly from the inner volume of the container segment.
 7. Theaccessory holder of claim 1 wherein the bottom wall is concave andextends inwardly into the inner volume of the container segment.
 8. Theaccessory holder of claim 1 wherein the bottom wall has a slot.
 9. Theaccessory holder of claim 1 wherein the fastening member has a fasteningthickness and the container segment has a container thickness whereinthe container thickness is greater than the fastening thickness.
 10. Anaccessory holder used in conjunction with a bottle having a neck and asidewall, the apparatus comprising: a container segment having an innervolume defined by an inner wall, a bottom wall and an outer wall whereinthe inner wall and the outer wall define an opening opposite the bottomwall and further wherein the outer wall is convex; and an adhesivemember having a front adhesive surface and a back adhesive surfacewherein the front adhesive surface is attached to the inner wall of thecontainer segment and the back adhesive surface attaches to the sidewallof the bottle.
 11. The accessory holder of claim 10 wherein the innerwall of the container segment is flexible and further wherein the innerwall of the container segment conforms to the sidewall of the bottle.12. The accessory holder of claim 10 wherein the opening of thecontainer segment is angled downwardly from the inner wall to the outerwall of the container segment.
 13. The apparatus of claim 10 wherein theinner wall is concave and extends inwardly into the inner volume of thecontainer segment.
 14. The accessory holder of claim 10 wherein theinner wall has an inner wall thickness, the outer wall has an outer wallthickness and the bottom wall has a bottom wall thickness wherein theouter wall thickness and the bottom wall thickness are greater than theinner wall thickness.
 15. The accessory holder of claim 10 wherein theouter wall of the container segment is semi-circular.
 16. A method forstoring an accessory with a bottle having a neck and a body, the methodcomprising the steps of: providing a container having a fastening memberwherein the fastening member has an outer edge, an inner edge and aplurality of tabs extending inwardly from the inner edge of thefastening member to form a flexible opening; and placing the neck of thebottle through the flexible opening of the fastening member of thecontainer.
 17. The method of claim 16 further comprising the steps of:preventing the container from being removed from the bottle.
 18. Themethod of claim 16 further comprising the steps of: positioning thecontainer to rest against the body of the bottle.
 19. The method ofclaim 16 further comprising the steps of: storing the accessory in thecontainer to prevent contamination.
 20. The method of claim 16 furthercomprising the steps of: disposing of the container, accessory andbottle.